It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and prefer things in measure to things in excess. – Seneca (Seneca the Elder) Category: Moderation
Our moral theorists seem never content with the normal. Why must it always be a contest between fornication, obesity and laziness, and celibacy, fasting and hard labor? – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) Category: Moderation
The success or failure of a life, as far as posterity goes, seems to lie in the more or less luck of seizing the right moment of escape. – Alice James Category: Failure
I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power. – Robert Frost Category: History
By such innovations are languages enriched, when the words are adopted by the multitude, and naturalized by custom. – Miguel de Cervantes Category: Language
